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t Page 14 The Claringion/Courticc Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, June 6,1998 Community Escapes Wind Damage Blackstock News by Joyce Kelly What a violent spell of weather went through here on Sunday morning with high winds continuing throughout the day. While many parts of Ontario experienced much damage, it appears as if our area has escaped with not many serious effects. Best wishes are extended to Julie Strong and Jamie Steele who were married in a very pretty wedding on Saturday afternoon afternoon in the Blackstock United Church. The reception and dance that followed was held in the Uxbridge Legion. There were 12 tables at the weekly card parly with the following following winners - Vera Assclstinc, Mary Henderson, Edna Manns, Grace Bassant, Marg Finney, Edgar Millson and Irene Hoffman. Lucky draws were by Joan Sutcliffe, Doris Hill, Harry Hill, Gary Notlcnboom, Marie Gibson and Reid Harness. Next Monday evening, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. the Cartwright High School Senior Concert Band is presenting a concert in Blackstock United Church to show its appreciation to the community community for its support in helping finance the recent successful trip to Musicfcst in Quebec. Everyone is welcome. On Sunday, June 14 the Blackstock United Church Sunday School anniversary will be held with Larry Doyle, a singcr/songwritcr and member of Wcsdalc United Church, Peterborough, as guest speaker. All are welcome. Also on Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 p.m. the annual Cartwright Union Cemetery Decoration Day Service will be held with Reverend David Shearman as the minister. Mark your calendars for both of these events if they apply to you. On Sunday the Dorells and the McCoys attended the morning morning service of Tanslcy United Church in Burlington when Michael Dixon was a candidate for confirmation. Lunch with the Dixons completed a very pleasant family day. Eighty-five Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and their parents enjoyed 1st Cartwright's annual banquet and awards night on May 29 at the Ncstlcton Hall. Swimming up from Beavers to Cubs were Cody Jennings, Michael Rosslcr and Kyle Sauer - Driscoll. Leaping up from Cubs to Scouts were David Beal, Matt Morrison, Craig Pcrhinski, Cody Bundle and Michael VanCamp and leaving Scounts to go to Venturers was Stephen Delores. Special congratulations to Stephen Delores for achieving the Chief Scout Award as well as being named Scout of the Year; David Beal, Matt Morrison, Cody Rundlc and Michael VanCamp for sharing the Blair Graham Memorial Award given to the Cub who has best exemplified the Cub Motto - "Do Your Best", Carl Geer for winning the Most Improved Scout award. All youth involved in 1st Cartwright were congratulated on their personal growth and accomplishment throughout the 1997-98 Scouting year. The annual Huck Finn Raft Adventures in Bobcaygeon will be attended by Scout groups from all over Ontario including 2 teams from 1 st Cartwright. This weekend, the scout troop from Blackstock will be camping in Bobcaygeon and participating in lots of different events associated with Huck Finn. St. John's News by Colin Beal Father Hugh and all of us at St. John's were horrified to learn of the disastrous fire at the Church of The Immaculate Conception in Port Perry on Sunday morning. We know the importance of the place of worship in the lives of all of us and we realize what a great sense of loss Father Charlie and his parishioners are feeling; we pray for them and we pray too that it will not be long before they will be able to rejoice in a rebuilt church. Father Hugh and Peggy were guests at a Blackstock Guiding Event last week. This was the occasion at which badges were presented, Sparks moved up to Brownies, Brownies flew up to-Guides and some Guides became .Pathfinders. Hugh was particularly pleased to see several younger members of St. John's recognized during the celebrations; celebrations; Jessie Bongard and Natasha Edgerton moved from Sparks to Brownies, Shannon Bongard advanced from Brownies to become a Guide and Nicole Beechey and Kelly King are now Pathfinders. In addition Nicole and Natalie Beechey have completed Stage 2 of the Religion and Life Badge. Congratulations to all! Congratulations too to Nancy Bongard who, as a member of The Borealians, shared in their success at the Theatre Ontario '98 Festival held in Owen Sound. We hear they won just about every award! Next Sunday morning (June 7th) a group of young musicians musicians from Cartwright High School's Gold Medal winning Concert Band, under the direction of Mr. John Beirncss, will play before and during the Sunday Eucharist. The band will start playing at 9:00. Other upcoming events at St. John's include the annual Rogation Service which will be held, this year, on June 14th at the home of John and Carol Hendry and The Parish Patronal Feast of St. John the Baptist which will be celebrated on June 27th. Dr. Kevin Calhoun is pleased to announce the full time opening of his practice in Family Medicine at 222 King Street East, Suite 300 Bowmanville Telephone 623-2355 Dr. Calhoun welcomes new and obstetrics patients. i i i • i i i You are cordially invited to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Memorial Hospital Bowmanville Tuesday, June 16,1998 7 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria (lower level) "Celebrating Our Past, Preparing for our Future" Memorial Hospital is taking on a new role as part of a larger hospital corporation in July in an amalgamation with North Durham Health Services, Osliawa General Hospital and Whitby General Hospital, We have invited some special guests to the Annual Meeting to share their memories of the Hospital over the years. * Refreshments will be served* Memorial Hospital Bowmanville 47 Liberty St, South Bowmanville, Ont. LIC 2N4 (905) 623-3331 - - <P J.P.n' Newcastle Woman Meets Dionne Sisters Margaret Maskell, of Newcastle, had an opportunity to meet the three surviving surviving Dionne quintuplets during a dinner held in their honor late last month in North Bay. Margaret says she has followed the lives of the quintuplets for many years and wrote a letter to the Sunday Sun in support of their bid for fair compensation. compensation. So, when her sister, Gail Sears, who lives in North Bay, obtained tickets tickets to a Chamber of Commerce program held in the Dionnes' honor on May 23, she eagerly accepted the opportunity to attend. Pictured with Yvonne, Annette and Cccille are: Gail Scars (second from left) and Margaret Maskell (second from right) Margaret was especially pleased to be able to present the sisters with the letter of support that was published in the Toronto Sim. She adds that she found them to be very gracious and approachable people. W.M.S. Spring Rally Held in Bowmanville President Ada Chapman of Lakehurst welcomed everyone to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Bowmanville on Saturday, May 23rd, 1998. The Theme for the day was "Weave Us Together". Registration began at 9:30 a.m. with coffee, followed followed by a sing song with leader Jackie Kelly. ' The meeting was opened with prayer by President Ada Chapman followed by worship service service by Joan Smith of Port Hope. Joan arranged a bible study "Rcwcaving Dreams". This was very beneficial as Peggy McKay of Port Hope read the scriptures and we then divided into groups for discussion. Reverend H. Donnelly welcomed us to his church. We were then favoured by a solo and duct by Reverend Hugh Donnelly and his wife Laura with Reverend Donnelly providing providing the accompaniment on guitar. We adjourned for a delicious lunch served by the Bowmanville ladies and the book table was available for purchases. At 1:00 p.m. we again had a gathering and sing song by Jackie and Helen. The Synodical Report was given by President Ada Chapman, Joan Lucas, St. Paul's, Peterborough, Cecilia Morris, Cobourg and Jean Coull of Cobourg. Before the meeting closed, the ladies of St. Andrew's, Bùwmanvillc, presented a Fashion Show "Women of the Bible", a very delightful presentation. presentation. Tyrone 4-H News On May 9th we had our second meeting. At 7 p.m. the meeting was called to order. We tried to think of the name for our group and decided on where to go for our achievement program. We are going to Oshawa Sydenham Museum on June 22nd. Our leader discussed Ontario's history and early settlement. We then picked out our materials for our log cabin pot holder. Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. On May 21st we had our third meeting. We had a guest, Mrs. Park and she came to tell us about the history history of Tyrone and what life was like 50 years ago. Then we got to work on our pot holders, sewing them together. together. At 9:15 the meeting was adjourned. Ashley Stevens French School For Peterborough Officials with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board are currently in the process of negotiating with the new French language language public board. Dick Malowncy, Director of Education for the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board says he and other senior administrators from the Board, have met several times with representatives representatives from the new French language District School Board No. 58 to determine an equitable distribution of assets and liabilities between the two district school boards. While regulations from the Education Improvement Commission (EIC) prohibit disclosing a great deal about the negotiations at this time, Malowney says he is pleased with the way things are progressing. progressing. ; Bill 104, the Fewer School Boards Act, 1997', stipulated that the assets and liabilities of existing school boards were to be transferred to new district school boards! The transfer was to be governed governed by an asset and liability plan which was based on ah inventory developed by existing existing school boards. 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